Santa Cruz (Chiapas)
We have collected many facts about the medium-sized town of Santa Cruz, as well as pictures, maps or statistics.
So you will learn about this incredible town of 469 inhabitants of Chiapas.
The town of Santa Cruz (Chiapas) belongs to the municipality of Palenque. There are 469 inhabitants and it is 318 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Palenque is 22 minutes away by car (20 km). In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #50 of the ranking.
Data: In Santa Cruz, 23% of individuals have completed secondary education and 4% of households have a personal computer, laptop or tablet. More interesting data at the bottom of this page.
Do you want to locate the town of Santa Cruz? You can find it at 15.4 kilometers, in direction Northeast, from the town of Palenque, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the town of Santa Cruz through the satelital imagery, in the bottom of the webpage you have an interactive map to know where it is.
#1 Where is Santa Cruz? How to go? Map
What is the route to get to Santa Cruz (Chiapas)? Find out on this map the access to this town. With the zoom controls you can zoom in and out to the icon 
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#2 The population of Santa Cruz (Chiapas) is 469 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 255 | 214 | 469 |
| 2010 | 213 | 194 | 407 |
| 2005 | 206 | 191 | 397 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.81 | 12.89 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Chiapas: | 0.43% | 0.00% |
| Illiterate population: | 12.37% | 16.22% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 4.69% | 12.89% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 7.68% | 19.25% |
| Schooling level: | 6.14 | 4.98 |
| Schooling level (men): | 6.25 | 5.50 |
| Schooling level (women): | 6.04 | 4.47 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 93.82% | 93.37% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 66.95% | 73.96% |
| Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 3.62% | 7.62% |
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Palenque (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 51.81% | 21.87% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 64.02% | 44.85% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 41.57% | 0.94% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 112 | 84 |
| Homes with electricity: | 100.00% | 94.29% |
| Homes with piped water: | 96.43% | 90.00% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 70.54% | 88.57% |
| Homes with a radio: | 27.68% | 45.71% |
| Homes with a television: | 50.00% | 32.86% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 46.43% | 25.71% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 16.07% | 0.00% |
| Homes with a car: | 2.68% | 0.00% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 3.57% | 0.00% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 2.68% | 1.43% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 29.46% | 0.00% |
| Homes with Internet: | 7.14% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of Santa Cruz
With the satellite map of Santa Cruz will I be able to look for my location? Yes, access the map, zoom in and see the surroundings of this town and the municipality of Palenque. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of Santa Cruz.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near Santa Cruz
Many people want to stay in the town of Santa Cruz itself, but unfortunately there are no hotels in the village yet. Don't worry, we have created this list of the closest accommodations, so you can ask if they have rooms available:- CASCADA MIZOL HA: 14 km away, direction West (10 minutes by car)
- HOTEL NUTUTUN PALENQUE: 18 km away, direction Northwest (15 minutes by car)
- CUARTOS DE HOTEL T & C TRINIDAD Y CARMEN: 22 km away, direction Northwest (15 minutes by car)
- HOTEL T & C: 23 km away, direction Northwest (17 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in Santa Cruz
Want to know what to see in Santa Cruz if you are visiting this town?Here are some ideas of activities to enjoy Santa Cruz.Las mejores montes de Santa Cruz para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:
- Cojolita (666 meters): 8.0 km walk (104 minutes), heading Northwest.
- Cerro Egipto (758 meters): 15.4 km walk (318 minutes), heading South.
- Cerro Casa el Tigre (731 meters): 16.0 km walk (213 minutes), heading West.
- Palenque (Chiapas): Don't miss "Centro de Palenque", 22 km, heading Northwest (20 minutes by car)
- La Aurora (554 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the Northwest (4 minutes by car)
- Chancala Zapote (611 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the Northeast (8 minutes by car)
- Nazareth (602 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the Southwest (6 minutes by car)
- San José del Carmen (El Bascancito) (64 inhabitants): Located 6 km to the South (7 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of Santa Cruz (Chiapas)
In Santa Cruz there is a very characteristic age structure of the population, which you can see in the following population pyramid, with data from 2005. After analyzing the demographic data of Santa Cruz, separated by men and women, and also by age groups, we can analyze what the future of the population in this town will be like.
| Age range | Number of women | Number of men | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infants (0-5 years) | 32 | 29 | 61 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 55 | 34 | 89 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 154 | 131 | 285 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 14 | 20 | 34 |
#7 Pictures of Santa Cruz
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of Santa Cruz? We have located on the Internet several beautiful images of places and locations nearby, so you can see the beauty of this Mexican town. Some are artistic pictures and others are simply panoramic pictures taken by amateurs and friends who simply like Santa Cruz.
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#8 The Postal Code of Santa Cruz (Chiapas) is 29960
Are you going to send a letter to Santa Cruz? Do you have a friend in Santa Cruz and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of Santa Cruz consists of the following 5 digits: 29960. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of Santa Cruz ("29") correspond to the state code of Chiapas, and the last three correspond to the people themselves. In Mexico, the same ZIP code can be assigned to several towns.
#9 Vote for Santa Cruz as the most beautiful town in Mexico
Do you like Santa Cruz or don't you like it very much? Now you can vote for Santa Cruz to let everyone know about it. Use these stars ("0" you don't like it much, "5" you like it a lot) to rate it with your opinion.
In the following links you can check the list of the best (and most beautiful) towns in Mexico and the State of Chiapas, by popular vote:
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- The most beautiful towns in Chiapas
#10 Schools in Santa Cruz
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Palenque
#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Palenque
- Agua Bendita II (12 inhabitants)
- Belem (80 inhabitants)
- Ciudad Agraria (145 inhabitants)
- Doctor Manuel Velasco Suárez (222 inhabitants)
- El Relicario (- inhabitants)
- La Cumbre (- inhabitants)
- La Gravera (4 inhabitants)
- La Herradura (4 inhabitants)
- La Lucha (5 inhabitants)
- Las Gardenias (- inhabitants)
- Los Ángeles (3 inhabitants)
- Mariano Mora Huerta (2 inhabitants)
- Escuintla (125 inhabitants)
- San Antonio (7 inhabitants)
- San Carlos (3 inhabitants)